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David Gray Leaves EA
friday, march 29, 2002
Yesterday, David Gray - Not the Singer - celebrated his last day as an
EA employee. In his fairwell address, he says to his onlookers, "Do
not grieve. Soon... I shall be one with the Matrix - The Matrix of Power
and Lighting." Gray refers to Pacific Coast Power and Lighting where
he is joining long time friend, Kim Rogers. David Gray is best known for
his work at Sega and his friendship with Kim Rogers. He is also known
for his recent work on Battletech. He ends his fairwell address with,
"Now all I need is a little energon and a lot of luck." Uh,
Dave, those are Mechs or Mechwarriors, not Autobots. Thanks.
David Lee needs a Roommate
thursday,
march 28, 2002
Located in the quiet and safe city of Foster City, this apartment is a
steal as David Lee is a reliable roommate.
Rent is $650 plus Utilities.
Tennis Court
Pool
Free DSL
private (guest) bathroom
Also, You'll get to sleep in the same room as Julius Willis once slept
in.
Click here if you are interested
in this prime opportunity.
Rob Burnett and Tom Tobey Join SOE
tuesday,
march 26, 2002
Two of the most respected men in the industry join Sony Online Entertainment.
Rob Burnett is well known for his work in EA San Diego. Tom Tobey is well
known the industry through working with such companies as EA Australia,
989 Studios, STI, Absolute, and Crystal Dynamics. Tom Tobey will join
old friends, Julius Willis and Willie.
The Greatest Everquest Video Documentary
monday, march 25, 2002
Everquest is a virtual world, a complex community and a place where people
meet each other and get married in real life. This documentary is about
the people who inhabit this world and takes us to a place where no one
dares to go... the deep psyche of the Everquest player. This is the Trekkies
of "our" time.Click
here to see the best damn Everquest Video Documentary ever.
Ross
Harris, Amy Bond, and Glen Schofield
friday, march 22, 2002
And
the takeover is almost over. EA's mission to the acquire the entire staff
of Walt Disney World Quest Magical Racing Tour is near its completion.
Ross Harris, Amy Bond, and Glen Schofield are the latest to leave Crystal
Dynamics. They are well known for working at Absolute and are friends
to Tom Tobey and Greg Faccone. Earlier WDWQMRT team members such as Steve
Papoutsis and Adrian Longland have already made the transition but are
eager to meet their long lost brethren. The question remains, how long
can Ben Harrison, Mike Provenza and Scott Baker hold out?
Don't Forget the GDC
thursday, march 21, 2002
If you're wondering where all of the Video Game
Industry is this week and why they aren't
playing hockey in your parking lot, this year's Game Developer Conference
is going on RIGHT NOW and will continue on til Saturday. Don't forget
to attend this event as it's rumored that Sammy Entertainment is hiring
everyone and their brother. Click here to
get to the GDC website. See you there.
Another Interview... Mark Lowe
thursday, march 21, 2002
Gamelord.org is proud to announce the Mighty Mark Lowe interview coming
next month. This pioneer of the Web will give us the inside dirt on starting
up a dot com and discuss his awardwinning stimulus.com He is well known
for being the frontman for the 15 people who use an apple macintosh and
the many expensive things you can buy for this not-so-obsolete-as-you-think
machine that will take over the Industry. Most importantly, Mark Lowe
has agreed to give us the skinny on Brett Downen and the many lives he
lives. Gamelord.org is now fielding questions for this Industry Veteran.
If you have questions for this
masked man, send them here.
Ken Lobb continued... by
JR
wednesday, march 20, 2002
Our
reporter down in Lalaland expands on the Ken Lobb story. Many readers
may remember that he left Nintendo for Microsoft
after years of service and his contribution to Golden Eye and the "Klobb"
gun. It appears that with Microsoft taking Rare (the Squaresoft
of Nintendo) Ken Lobb's best opportunity was to follow Rare to the land
of Billy Gates. Read
here for full story.
Our Hero, Johnny Choi
tuesday,
march 19, 2002
He is well known for his talent in Street Fighter and his beating of Ron
Allen. He onced worked in the halls of Sony Third party. Ah, the 3rd party
life... And now, our hero, Johnny Choi (pictured on right) will be featured
in the new documentary called Bang the Machine.
Information can be found at www.Bangthemachine.com
about this incredible new documentary about the youth of America and the
Street Fighter World Championships. This is one you cannot afford to miss.
First GDC Party Invite
friday, march 15, 2002
Actually, this isn't a big party, but it's suite. It's Suite Night in
the California Room of the Fairmont Hotel. Friday, March 22, 8:30pm to
11pm on the ballroom level. See you there. Sponsored by GIGnews.com, Virtual
Search and Full Sail.
Mark Franz SnowBoarding
wednesday, march 14, 2002
Man, Gamelord.org is getting desparate for content. Please help, send
me some juice! Check
out Mark Franz snowboarding here. More news coming up on Kelly Flock
and the Sega Test Team as we compile it.
Games to Hate from david woldman
tuesday, march 12, 2002
White supremacy groups are using new software tools which can be
obtained for free on the Internet to create video games promoting
messages of hate. Finally... "They're to give white kids a sense
of hope, a sense that they can fight back." Read about new games
coming out including Ethnic Cleansing. Click
here for full story.
Robert Allen leaves EA.com
friday, march 8, 2002
One of the legendary TD's in Steve Gray's arsenal was Robert Allen of
MCO. If you miss him before he leaves EA, you can always catch on Everquest.
We wish him the best of luck and his home information can be found on
our info page here.
Ken Lobb leaves for Microsoft
from dry
thursday, march 7, 2002
One of Jeff Rotter's many great friends has left Nintendo and is now working
for Microsoft. Ken Lobb has worked together with Nintendo and its second-parties
for many years. His contribution on the Rare game GoldenEye earned him
an immortal spot in the shooter as the Klobb Gun (Ken Lobb Gun). In more
recent times, Lobb was involved with such GameCube projects as Star Wars
Rogue Squadron 2: Rogue Leader and Metroid Prime. Click
here for full story.
David Gray's Birthday
wednesday, march 6, 2002
Today, is the exact day of the year that David Gray was born only 33 years
ago. David Gray has many names and most people know of him by his stage
name of "Not the Singer", but we like to call him Airhockeynews.com.
He's also known as "I was on Xtra:Evening Magazine" But you
can call him anything you like. And I'm sure you do...
Thai Tran and Baz "Barry" Pringle
Update
tuesday, march 5, 2002
Thai tran is ready to move into his new house in Elisio Viejo, same city
as where barry "baz" pringle lives. Thai says, "my neighbors
are all girls. my place is going to be party central. and now that i'm
a d.j. i expect more people to visit my house, as well as our new website
- mixedonline.com". Barry and
thai have a new website for music lovers.
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